📌 Key Points
- Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ faces box office challenges.
- The film is competing with ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ in Telugu states.
- Collections lag behind Pawan Kalyan’s previous films like ‘Hari Hara Veera Mallu’.
- Director Harish Shankar addresses the box office clash in an interview.
Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh,’ starring Raashii Khanna, is underperforming at the box office. The film has struggled to reach the ₹60 crore mark, facing stiff competition, especially from ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ in the Telugu states.
Box Office Struggles for ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’
Ustaad Bhagat Singh box office collection day 4: Pawan Kalyan and Raashii Khanna’s film sees no improvement amid competition from Dhurandhar The Revenge.
Ustaad Bhagat Singh box office collection Day 4 : Pawan Kalyan , Sreeleela and Raashii Khanna’ s Ustaad Bhagat Singh released in theatres on March 19, clashing with Dhurandhar: The Revenge in the Telugu states. The film has been facing tough competition from Ranveer Singh’s film. So far, it has managed to collect close to ₹ 60 crore and is struggling to match the pace of Pawan’s previous releases, such as Hari Hara Veera Mallu and They Call Him OG.
Competition from ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’
The film still lags behind Pawan’s earlier projects. Hari Hara Veera Mallu had collected ₹ 74.71 crore net in India within four days, while OG crossed ₹ 130 crore net in the same period. However, Ustaad Bhagat Singh has performed better than Dhurandhar: The Revenge in the Telugu states, where the latter reportedly collected ₹ 4.42 crore across 1,382 shows.
Earlier, in an interview with Glute, director Harish Shankar reacted to the film’s clash with Dhurandhar: The Revenge. He said, “With all due respect, Aditya Dhar is a superior filmmaker. I watched Uri. He is a very impactful, very influential filmmaker. Having said that, pan-India films should consider Dhurandhar as competition. But we have our Telugu states for the film. Also, they both belong to very different genres. If, in place of Dhurandhar, it was an Shah Rukh Khan film, a full entertainer with songs, then we would have thought it’s similar to our film. But Bhagat Singh and Dhurandhar are totally different films.”
Director’s Response to Box Office Clash
Harish added, “It’s also a collective decision; it wasn’t in my hands alone. Somewhere within, I too felt that I am doing a film with Pawan sir after so long, and for that film to compete with another big release… But whether it’s Sankranti or summer, there is always space for two to three big films. It’s not like theatres will only show Dhurandhar across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.”
Despite director Harish Shankar’s optimistic view on genre differences, ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ is struggling to match the success of Pawan Kalyan’s earlier films, signaling a potential disappointment for fans and industry watchers alike.
